US1060515A - Washer-stringer. - Google Patents

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D. T. VANCE. WASHER. STEINGER} APPLICATION FILED MAY 2, 1912.

, Patented Apr. 29

ATTORNEYS an angle to the radius of the circular cas- DAVID TODD VANCE, OF

PLUIJITR-EE. NORTH CAROLINA.

WASHER-STRINGER.

1 ,060,5 l5. Specification of Application filed May 2, 1912. Serial No. 694,788.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DAVID TODD Vance, a citizen of the United States and a resident I of Plumtree, in-the county of Avery and 5 State of North Carolina, have made certain new and useful Improvements in \l'asher- Stringers, of which the following is a specifiCfltlOlL Hy invention relates to improvements in devices for stringing washers made of mica or other similar material, and it consists in the combinations, constructions, and arrangements herein described and claimed.

.\n object of my invention is to provide a devicewhich will string the washer without any attention on the part of an operator. A further object of my invention is to provide means for separating the waste and broken portions of the washers from the strung washers.

A further object of my invention is to provide asimilar device for stringing washers which is positive in operation and which is comparatively cheap to build.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the invention will be particularl y pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part of this application in which- Figure 1 is an end view of the device, Fig. '2 "s a vertical. section through the casing at. right angles to Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the stringer frame.

In carrying out my invention, I provide a pair of uprights 1 and 2 upon which journaled a shaft 3 bearing a pulley at one end. Mounted upon the shaft '3 is a casing composed of wire mesh 4 bent. into a circular form. ends 5 and 6 being provided for forming a closed receptacle, these ends being secured to the shaft 3 and revolving therewith. At 7 I have shown a hinged door in the periphery of the casing -which may be closed by a latch 8. Within the casing is a series of shelves 9 which project inwardly, but not radially, being inclined at ing as shown in Fig. 2.

Suspen ed from the shaft 3 by means of wires or rods 10 is a frame like that shown in Fig. 8, this frame consisting of the lon- Let r P n Patented Apr. 1913.

bear upright arms or apart, upon which the washers are to be strung. I p v I i From the foregoing description of the arious parts of the device the operation thereof maybe readily understood.

The washers 14 are placed in the interior of the casing through the door 7, the latch 8 being then secured. The case is then revolved by power applied through the pulley 4 in the direction shown by the arrow in Fig. 2. The washers 14 are carried upwardly in the pockets until they are above the fingers 1 upon which they fall. Many of the washers, of course, will not fall so as to be strung on the fingers 18, but a certain proportion will be strung every time the wheel goes around. It is therefore only a question of time when hll will be strung.

The frame can be removed by loosening the hooks 15 at the ends of the rods 10 when the washers have accumulated upon the fingers.

I claim '1. In a device for stringing Washers, a normally closed receptacle arranged to receive the washers. a seriesof upright fingers disposed within said receptacle each of said fingers being adapted to enter the opening in any of said washers, said receptacle being capable of rotating around said fingers, and means carried by ing the washers above sai jecting them downwardly upon said fingers.

2. In a device for stringing washers, a shaft. means for rotating said shaft, a normally closed receptacle carried by said shaft. :1 series of vertically extending fingers within said receptacle each of said fingers being adapted to enter the opening in any of said washers, and a series of pockets carried by said receptacle on the inner surface thereof for receivin washers, the "rotation of said receptacle serving to carry the washers above the fingers and to project them downwardly upon the fingers.

3; Ina device for stringing washers, a shaft, bearings therefor, acylindrical closed receptacle secured to said shaft, the axis of the shaft and the receptacle being coincident. a series of vertically extending fingers disposed within said receptacle each of said fingers being adapted to enter the opening in any of said washers, a frame for supporting said fingers, means for supporting the gitudinal strips 11 and end strips such as that shown at 12. The longitudinal strips frame from the shaft, a series of shelves ex said receptacle for carryd fingers and profingers 13 spaced' tending inwardly from the inner surface of the receptacle, said shelves forming supports for the washers, and the rotation of said receptacle serving to project the Washers from the shelves upon the vertically extending fingers.

4. In a device for stringing washers, a

shaft, bearings therefor, a cylimlrical closed receptacle. secured to said shaft. the main portion of said receptacle consisting (it a cylindrical screen, the axis of the shaft and the receptacle being coincident, a series of vertically extending fingers dis 'msed Within said receptacle each of said fingers being adapted to enter the opening in any Hi said washers, a frame for supporting the fra me from the shaft, a series of shelves extending inwardlyfrom the inner surface of the receptacle at an angle to the radial line through the shaft, said shelves forming supports for the Washers, and the rotation of said receptacleserving to project the Washers from the shelves upon the vertically extending fingers.

DAVID TODD VANCE. \Vitnesses THOMAS J. GREENE, M. L. THOMPSON.

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